Water Strobe Spirale

This is an improved version of the previous water strobe, as it now has two channels with two speakers. The speakers moves the nozzle in a x-y plane:



Here is a small video compilation of these amazing spirales:



A stereo version of the desktop controller can be found here:

Water Strobe Stereo 1.0

Water Strobe Signal Generator Desktop Application

If you mount a tube with running water to a loudspeaker, a strange fenomenon occurs when you film the jet of water and send a sine wave to the loudspeaker with the same frequency as the cameras framerate. I thought it would be funny with some special features for the loudspeaker signal, so i programmed a signal generator in Flex/Air , especially for water strobe filming.

Here is a picture of the setup:



And here a video where i demonstrate the features:



The software let you control several parameters: frequency/phase, sine/square modulation, sine/square amplification and volume:



The Water Strobe Signal Generator Desktop Application 1.0 can be downloaded here:

Water Strobe 1.0

The software requires Adobe Air:

Adobe Air

Enjoy!